In this year’s Inventions Competition entries, fencing inventions featured prominently. These innovative gadgets and designs provide plenty of ideas to make the job of fencing fields easier and ...

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Inflation remains something to watch in 2025. CattleFax shared the national Dec. 1 on-farm hay stocks were up 6.3% from a year-ago at 81.5 million tons with hay prices averaging $175 per ton in 2024.

Hay acreage declined in the southeastern United States in 2024, but the region’s hay production rose 2%, and was up 17% in Arkansas, according to the Crop Production Summary from National Agricultural ...

Hay supply looks pretty good for Wisconsin thanks to a good 2022 crop. Wisconsin is an “island of good supply” in the midst of extreme shortages across the country, according to Emeritus Extension ...

As a result, the price for standing hay often varies from farm to farm, even between fields. Here’s one example for pricing a field of standing alfalfa (or grass hay) in 2020. Example: assume 4-5 ton ...